High-temperature behaviour of IN 738 LC under isothermal and thermo-mechanical cyclic loading

The temperature dependence of the cyclic behavior of IN 738 LC was studied. Cyclic iso- and non-isothermal tests were performed with proportional and non-proportional tension/torsion strain paths. It was shown that maximum and minimum stress values measured in isothermal strain controlled tests correspond quite well with results of non-isothermal tests. Thermal-mechanical constitutive equations based on the viscoplastic Chaboche model were used to describe the non-isothermal stress-strain behavior.